iamrex:I don't understand your argument. I don't see that she's judging strippers or prostitutes or holding herself above them. She stated that there was a lot of sexuality and also stated that she didn't break any laws because she kept her clothes on. She also apparently stayed within boundaries that felt good morally - to her - which is what we should all do in regard to our own sex practices, no?

I got that feeling too. That she was implying that other sex workers are lower on the scale because they get naked. See it's fine to apply your own morals to yourself, but she's applying her own morals to other people. That's the difference.

Delay:I don't think it's just the feet. More, there is definitely an erotic connection involved.

I agree...actually I was approached by a foot fetishist once. I was living in Germany, on my way to a party and he came up and asked me in German if he could kiss my feet, and I thought it must be some kind of expression or that I had heard him wrong, but I said sure and that he could come with us. Anyway I, too, did not think he was going to try to put my whole foot in his mouth but he did.

In this case it didn't do anything for me, but I was still trying to process the fact that a guy came up to me out of the blue and asked to kiss my feet.

I do too. Having some guy get off on the 'joys' of my feet would be the easiest 'sex work' ever. Unfortunately they seem to insist that the feet not only be pretty themselves, but be attached to pretty young women also. Even foot fetishists want the entire package to be appealing. But if I had to be employed in the 'sex industry' somehow I'd certainly prefer to be in one of those areas where I'd be catering to a fetish like this, or those guys who want to be kicked in the balls, or pretty much anything where I could definitely keep my orifices to myself.

i upped my meds-up yours:I totally jones on women's feet. But even I am not hard up enough to want to indulge in a roomful of dudes with "salt and pepper hair and big stomachs" (hey, I resemble that remark). My ideal scenario involves no folding money and no prettying up. Just me, her, some alcohol and a long hard day spent walking around.

NY Post, this is the internet. Everyone's jaded and is aware of the more creative interpretations of Rule 34. When your headline screams "foot hooker" at me, I expect something a little more sordid. Tabloid, I am disappoint.

FTA: "I've taken a couple sexuality classes at NYU so I had a preliminary idea on fetishism but in practice it's a little different. These guys aren't hurting anyone and everyone's got their thing that turns them on."

This surprises her? NYU is teaching sexuality classes where the big take-away is that fetishism hurts people?

They must get all the information about it from CSI and Criminal Minds.